Transcription of What’s In a Name?
1 Understanding and Using the Names of GodWhat s In a Name? Names MatterThe names of god Respect: Exodus 20:7 Historical Significance: Exodus 3 Character of God Biblical names have meaning Relationship through Revelation: Ezekiel 39:7 of God in Hebrew for Jesus in New the names of god in PrayerNames for God in the Hebrew BibleElohim Gen. 1:1 / GodAdonai -Gen. 15:2 / LordEl Elyon Gen. 14:19 / God Most HighEl Shaddai Gen. 17:1 / God AlmightyJehovahsJireh-Gen. 22:14 / Provider Rapha Ex. 15:26 / HealerNissi Ex. 17:15,16 / BannerQadash Lev. 20:8 / SanctifiesJehovahsShalom Judges 6:24 / PeaceTsidkenu Jer. 23:6 / RighteousnessRaa(Rohi) Psalm 23:1 / ShepherdShammah Ezek.
2 48:35 / ThereYHWHYHWHW here does it come from?What does it literally mean?How the Jews understood it?How does it become Jehovah?How is it used in the Bible?What does it mean for us?Exodus 3 YHWHT etragrammaton6823 times in the Hebrew Bible LORD No vowels Could be YoWoH, or YeHWahTheodoretof Cyprus YabehGenesis 2:4 YHWHJ ewish scribes refused to add vowels because the name was never to be spoken lest it be profanedWhen they came upon it in scripture, most times they substituted it with AdonaiYHWHA donai+YHWHYaHoWaH Jehovah YHWHThe verb to be Jesus I Ams in JohnImperfect Tense = an action that has begun but is yet incompleteRevelation is forthcomingImplications of YHWHOne God vs.
3 Many godsGod is eternally existent vs. gods that dieGod is self-existent, self-defining, and the only uncaused causeImplications of YHWHI nvitation to personal relationship through revelationGod is the source of being
